Features: The chair can rotate so she can swing front to back or side to side. There are 5 power levels for swinging. We used level 3 until she was around 13 lbs, then moved up to level 5. No noticeable difference in battery drain between the power levels. She is now 6 months old and we are on our 4th set of batteries. Duracell seems to last the longest at about 2 months others last only 1 month and rechargeables last 2 weeks. She takes at least 2 naps per day on this swing.

There are 2 music buttons each with their own tones (one upbeat and one mellow), and a third button mutes the music. There are also volume controls. Then there’s a button which turns the fishes at the top on/off. They spin very slowly (although still too fast for her to catch them)! The fish are set on a timer of about 10 minutes and stop by themselves (so does the music), but for some reason the fish can’t be turned back on unless you turn the unit off and on again to reset. I don’t know why they decided to make it that way, but they did.

Cons: no A/C adapter. The previous model did, but supposedly lacked on swing power. I would have loved to save on batteries. But I must admit that I would not have guessed these batteries could last 2 months with the amount we use it, and we always have the power set on the highest setting.
Rating: 4 / 5

Well he started using it at 5lbs and we set it at the slowest speed and it was fast. As he grew, it had a harder and harder time swinging him, but it was sporadic. Sometimes it would be fast and others it would be slow. But now he weighs 19lbs and at the fastedt setting it can still swing him, though very slowly. Regardless, he is entertained by the mobile and we turn on the “sleepy” music during nap time even if he’s not in the swing. The different music is awesome, settings at “slow music, fast music, jungle sounds and water sounds. We used them all.

Now he is too mobile to just sit so we don’t put him in it much, but the music and mobile are useful. All in all, I agree there are things to improve, but we have relied on this swing in different ways and it has not disappointed us.
Rating: 5 / 5

However, all gripes aside, the swing works just as it should: It swings. It keeps our newborn content until he figures out nobody is actually there swinging him. The mobile turns really slow but enough to grab his attention. The music has 6 recognizable soothing tunes and 6 more “playful” ones. The nature sounds are a beach ambiance and what sounds like another beach ambiance but with different birds. The sound quality is decent at best. The main reason we got this swing was because it wasn’t the played-out rain forest theme. It looks good in its final form and looks better when it keeps your baby asleep long enough to make a meal, have a few drinks, or whatever it is you want to do between baby naps.

So for the serious buyers consider your floorspace would be the only advice I would have. Otherwise it gets the job done. Good luck.
Rating: 4 / 5